Trinidad Newsday
Tonight single pan bands in Pan Trinbago’s Eastern Region will face preliminary judging at the Arima Velodrome from 6.30 pm.
While 20 bands are scheduled to perform, getting to the competition has been a challenging project for some
Read more…The Caribbean New Media Group, the parent company of CTV, Talk City 91.1fm and ctntworld.com, is the network to follow if you want to get the latest on Panorama and all Pan Trinbago events this Carnival, next Carnival and Carnival 2017.
CNMG has ente
Read more…Pan Trinbago has announced that there will be no pool on the Greens for the Panorama Semis this year.
The pool was introduced last year, but the decision faced heavy opposition.
The Vice President of Pan Trinbago, Mr. Byron Serrette, said the Pool a
The following is the President of Pan Trinbago address at today's media conference
In considering the dynamics which give purchase to the factors which give life to Carnival events and in particular the National Steelband Panorama, one is constrain
Read more…Mr. Ken Ali's Speech at the 15/01/2015 Media Conference
President of Pan Trinbago Mr. Keith Diaz;
Vice Chairman of National Carnival Commission Mr. Don Sylvester;
Executive officials and employees of Pan Trinbago;
My CNMG colleagues;
My media collea
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Finance Minister Larry Howai is reviewing T&T’s finances in order to find more money for Carnival activities due to a $150
by FAY ROE
I know my ‘olde school’ upbringing in the calypso medium colours my views and actions so I tried to suck up the aberrations that confronted me before taking my seat at south NAPA, in San Fernando, to be part of a cultural experience.
I put
Read more…WST veteran ODW poses the following question
Read more…The question should be - is panorama in its present format and judging criteria helping the steelband movement advance in the 21st century.
Practise was postponed yesterday at the Desperadoes panyard after one of the workers contracted to move the steelpan rack was shot during gang warfare at Rudolph Link Road in Laventille. Atiba Pantin, of Diego Martin, died while receiving treatment a
Read more…ONE MAN was shot dead and another injured yesterday while transporting pan equipment from the Laventille home of ten-time Panorama champions Witco Desperadoes to the band’s new safe haven, located at Queen’s Park East, Port of Spain.
Dead is 25-year-o
Trinidad Newsday
Steelpan orchestras have come and gone, but the Trinidad All Stars have remained one of the top bands in the country for 80 years. The reasons for this, according to historian Andrew “Bukka” Rennie, are the band’s dedication to disci
Read more…Energetic and in command is the best way to characterize the tall, shaven-head Jessel Murray, artistic director/conductor of the T&T National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO). Murray and the NSSO were recently featu
Read more…Trinidad Guardian
Many belonging to the era of Rediffusion or the AM band believed that radio had a particular connection unlike now. But for Julian Rogers, radio is not dead. What matters more is quality.
Rogers, who made his name in Trinidad as a p
Read more…Almost everyone in Naples knows Jack Stover. The longtime teacher and coach has touched the lives of hundreds of families. Here's a News 8 Golden Apple surprise at Naples Elementary School.
Jack Stover has many admirers in Naples. Among them Elementa
Panorama 2015 Essentials
Practice for Junior Panorama has begun, yet prize money for the 2014 winners have not been distributed! The prize money for these competitions is supposed to be provided by the Ministry of Education. More than ten months after playing their hearts
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The Canton Symphony Orchestra's ConverZations series picks up in the New Year with a lively presentation on steel drums. Jeff Neitzke, Professor of Percussion at University of Mount Union will lead the discus
Trinidad Guardian
Three stalwart cultural organisations got together on December 20 to host a 50th anniversary award ceremony celebrating the exploits of St James steelbands. The organisations—Afrikan Cultural Association, St James United Internation
By CAROL MATROO and RATTAN JADOO - Trinidad Newsday - Monday, January 5 2015
ROMAN Catholic Priest Father Clyde Harvey threw out a challenge to Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra to include Indian classical music in with their repertoire as they con
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